98 Journal of the Astatic Society of Bengal. [February, 1907^ 



ninefold relation tli at exists between the middle term and the major- 

 term. It was translated into Tibetan by the sage Bodhisattva oT 

 Za-hor and the Bhiksu Dharmasoka. 



8- Pramana-vartiha-hariTcSL (Tib.: Tshad-ma-rnam-hgrel-gyi 

 tshig) — "meraorial verses on the explanation of proofs," by 

 DharmaMrti. It extends over 64 leaves (1945— 258b) of the- 

 Tangyur, nido, ce, and begins with an invocation to Manju-sri- 

 knmarabhnta. The four chapters, into which the work is divi- 

 ded, are styled as follows : — (1) svarthanumana,Tib. : ran-gi-don- 

 rjes-su-dpag-pa, or inference for one's own self; (2) pramana- 

 siddhi, Tib. : tshad-ma-grub-pa, or establishment of proofs ; (3) 

 pratyaksa, Tib.: mnon-sum, or sense-perception; and (4) parar- 

 thanumana, Tib : gshan-gyis-don-gyi-tshig, or words for tlie sake^ 

 of others. The work concludes by stating that it was written by 

 the great sage S'ri-Dharmakirti ^ who was unrivalled and whose- 

 fame and renown filled the earth.^ It was translated into Tibetan 

 by the Indian sage Subhiiti-sri-santi and the Tibetan interpreter 

 Dge-wahi-blo-gros. 



9. PramanavartiTca^vrtti (Tib. : Tshad-ma-rnam-hgrel-gyi- 

 hgrel-wa)^an explanatory commentary on Pramana-vartika 

 (No. 8) by Dharmakirti. It extends over 115 leaves (leaf 420 

 535) of the Tangyur, mdo, ce, and begins with an invocation to- 

 the Omniscient Buddha. In the concluding lines ^ Dharmakirti 

 is described as a great teacher and dialectician, whose fame filled 

 all quarters and on the earth who was, as it were, a lion pressing^ 

 down the head of elenhant-like debaters. 



10. Pramana-vtniscaya (Tib. : Tshad-ma-rnam-par-nes-pa) 



determination 



It extends over 



88 leaves (leaf 259—347) of the Tangj^ur, mdo, ce, and begins- 

 with an invocation to Maiiju-sri-kumarabhuta. The three chap* 

 ters into which it is divided are named respectively as follows : 

 (1) Pratyaksa-sthapana, Tib.: muon-sum-gtan-la-dwab-pa, or 



1 Dharmakirti is further described in the concluding lines of the 

 Pramanavartikakarika to have been born in TuLlho-phyogSt or Southeri* 

 In dia. 





(Tangyar, ffido, ce, leaf 258). 



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(Tangyur, uado, ce, leaf 535 n). 



